In any case, first thing you’ll need to do in your Python terminal is to import python-twitter library via: import twitter You can get it via pip install ipython and then running ipython in your terminal. I highly recommend using iPython, which is a drop in replacement for Python console, but way better. Open up your Python console, by running python in your terminal. Now that the boring part is done, we can do the fun stuff. The page should refresh, and if everything went well you should see both Consumer Key/Secret and Access Token/Secret. Look for section called Token Actions and click on “Create my Access Token”. There click on “Keys and Access Tokens” tab. You will be taken to your application view. Once there, sign in with your Twitter account and click on “Create New App” button.įill in required information (note that app name must be unique) and select “Create Your Twitter Application”. Generate Access Token to Authenticate ( aka Login) to Twitter API I used a library called Python Twitter which you can be installed via pip install python-twitter. All Macs come with Python pre-installed and it can be easily installed on Windows. Install Python Twitter API Libraryįor the purpose of this article, I am assuming you have Python installed and know how to access it from your terminal. Python (with iPython) is my goto language of choice (sorry JavaScript) anytime I want to crunch some data or automate a task. Side note: Python is AWESOME! Reading Automate the Boring Stuff with Python changed my life.

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